| Today's Big NewsMay 3, 2023 |
| By Annalee Armstrong Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s disease candidate has achieved a 35% slowing of cognitive decline and a 39% lower risk of advancing to the next stage of the disease when compared to placebo. |
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By Gabrielle Masson Four years after taking the helm of Cerevel Therapeutics, Tony Coles, M.D., is stepping down, handing the reins over to Ron Renaud as the neuroscience biotech waits on seven data readouts. |
By Nick Paul Taylor The clock is ticking down to the FDA advisory committee meeting about Sarepta Therapeutics’ Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy SRP-9001. With days to go, Sarepta has set out what is expected to be asked at the meeting—and made the case that it can allay concerns about its confirmatory trial. |
By Max Bayer Magenta Therapeutics has found a financial exit route months after going on the hunt for a sale, inking a reverse merger with Dianthus Therapeutics. Dianthus is a year removed from a $100 million series A. |
By Max Bayer Pfizer is axing a handful of midstage medicines, most of which stemmed from the company's acquisition of Arena Pharmaceuticals. Company executives also noted on its first-quarter earnings call that it remains on the M&A hunt even after acquiring Seagen for almost $50 billion. |
By Nick Paul Taylor Immatics has posted more evidence that PRAME may live up to its billing as “one of the most promising and most prevalent” solid tumor targets. In updated phase 1b data, the biotech reported a 64% response rate and early signs that its T-cell therapy may have deep and durable effects against cancer cells. |
By Annalee Armstrong Companies looking to execute decentralized clinical trials should watch out for data variability and precision as information comes in from patients’ homes or local healthcare facilities, according to new FDA guidance. But the agency is otherwise keen to see more of these studies to help boost diversity in clinical research. |
By Gabrielle Masson Convergent Therapeutics has circled up $90 million to develop next-gen radiopharmaceuticals in oncology, with its lead clinical program targeting prostate cancer. |
By Gabrielle Masson Incyte is whittling down its R&D pipeline, scrapping six discovery programs—one in a rare form of anemia and five in various cancers—to focus on eight remaining programs. |
By Gabrielle Masson,Max Bayer,Annalee Armstrong Alongside the new year, we've launched a new Fierce Biotech Fundraising Tracker to keep the pulse on the industry's financing. |
By Angus Liu Workers at GSK’s Montrose facility in Scotland on Tuesday kicked off a series of strikes that will sequentially affect six of the company’s sites and last throughout May. |
By Conor Hale Casana—a startup describing itself as “the industry leader in monitoring heart health through smart toilets”—has received a green light for its Heart Seat to log users’ pulse rate and blood oxygen saturation. |
By Zoey Becker In a new lawsuit between oncology giants, Bristol Myers Squibb claims AstraZeneca willfully infringed a key Opdivo patent. |
By Dave Muoio The Biden administration said that its frequently contested pandemic requirement will run its course on May 11 for federal employees and contractors, while more information for CMS-certified healthcare facilities will be released “in the coming days.” |
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